Two in three Cypriots use social media

Nearly two in three Cypriots use social media, according to the latest results of the annual survey on communication technologies usage.
The survey found that 61.2% of Internet users participate in social networks such as Facebook and Twitter.
The most popular internet activities are finding information about goods or services (90.6%) and sending/receiving e-mails (75.6%).
Internet purchases are still in their infancy, however. Only 17.2 % made online orders for goods and services in 2011. More than half of these (52%) were for travel arrangements such as tickets, hotels and car hire.
Households with children (90.6%) were more likely to have a computer than households without (59.2%). Overall, the percentage of households with access to a computer was 70% in 2012 compared with 63.9% in 2011.
Laptops are overtaking desktop computers. The percentage of households with access to a laptop computer rose to 62.4% from 55.5% in 2011, while the percentage of households with access to a desktop computer fell to 28.8% from 33.6% in 2011.
Internet access in households continued to increase, reaching 61.8% in 2012 compared with 57.4% in 2011. Individuals using the Internet rose from 56.9% in 2011 to 60.7% in 2012.
Broadband now accounts for 97.9% of internet connections, while only 16.2% of households with Internet access have a mobile connection to the Internet (via handset/ broadband card/ USB).
Not surprisingly people aged 16 – 24 (89.2%) and students (96.0%) use the Internet the most.
Only 16.4% of individuals aged 65 – 74 use the Internet. Men (61.1%) use the Internet more frequently than women (54.8%).